Giannis is this team's best PG, best wing, best center, best playmaker, best play finisher, best defender, best rebounder, and I'm probably forgetting some other things.
And all season I've had to hear how the team is a playoff team without him.
I wish Dame realized there isn't a soul in the franchise or the state of Wisconsin who would be upset if he demanded the ball and shot 30-footers and just hunted his shot when he feels like it.
The Milwaukee Bucks are planning to sign forward Jaylin Galloway on a two-way NBA contract out of the Sydney Kings in the National Basketball League, sources tell
@TheAthletic
@Stadium
. The 6-foot-7 wing has been an emerging player in Sydney over the last four years.
Giannis is averaging 30.8ppg and his eFG% right now is 63.3%.
That's the best eFG% for a 30.0+ ppg season ever.
Steph unanimous MVP season was 30.1ppg on 63.0 eFG%.
Jokic is obviously number one as a passing big (and in general), but Giannis would be the consensus number two if people just watched him play instead of letting their opinions be influenced by all the clowns who masquerade as analysts on here
An underrated part of Antetokounmpo's game is his passing.
He ranks in the 88th percentile in time spent on ball and 89th percentile in passing efficiency.
It's tough to find many big men that can take care of the ball with that kind of work load
"You & Giannis are being too nice. You & Giannis gotta make sure the troops get it done." 💯
Shaq's advice for Dame heading into the second half of the season
“Brogdon has a health issue, a health issue that as I understand, is so significant, that not only can the Celtics not do this trade, there's probably no Malcolm Brogdon trade that they can do in the short term.”
- Brian Windhorst
(Via
@GetUpESPN
/ h/t B/R)
There is a section of this fanbase that legit expects Giannis to play like he's Draymond because we have Dame now and they think that makes the Bucks better LMFAO
Pat is bad, but he's bad within his role. Doesn't try and play outside of it.
Bobby is atrocious. But he also somehow becomes the focal point when he's on the court regardless of who's with him.
One is a million times worse than the other.
After 20 professional seasons and 13 in NBA, Marc Gasol has retired from basketball. He played for Grizzlies, Raptors and Lakers, winning the 2019 NBA title in Toronto, making three All-Star teams and one All-NBA team. Memphis plans to retire his No. 33 jersey.
I WILL KEEP SAYING THIS TILL I DIE.
Ramos deserves so much more respect. Boateng has had to play how Ramos plays the WHOLE FUCKING SEASON and he's gotten torched.
Just imagine what Giannis' TS% and advanced numbers would be if this bozo could shoot 75% from the line. He'd literally break every advanced metric man
FGA per 36 for Bucks players last season vs this season
Giannis - 22.7 to 19.5
Dame - 20.5 to 17.8
Khris - 18.2 to 16.0
Brook - 13.6 to 11.4
Pat - 10.5 to 7.4
Beasley - 15.5 to 10.4
BOBBY PORTIS - 15.9 to 15.4
Boston got the best guard defenders in the world.
Milwaukee got the worst guard defenders in the world.
Both get regularly fried by opposing guards though.
Speaking to you Bucks fans. You need to wear the same thing you did during either game 1 or game 3. We need to do our part as fans and win the superstition game
-Embarrassed by Miami
-Everyone convinced this other elite big who won the title is miles better than Giannis
-Giannis puts pressure on FO
-Bucks title chances are in the mud
-"Will Giannis sign the extension or not"
Just check ball please.
Bucks-Celtics matchup thread
As a Bucks fan I 100% agree that this loss should not phase you at all. What should phase you is that the last 4 games against them not counting the Valentines Day game have followed the exact same script.
No Khris to share the ball with.
Usage? Check.
Shots? Check.
What's the next excuse?
Or are we finally just gonna admit he has to play better and it isn't Giannis or Khris' fault?
You could have just said Celtics should be 1 based on the whole season and most Bucks fans would agree with you but then you had to go and advertise to everyone that you haven't actually watched the Bucks play since Christmas.
Celtics have seemingly dealt with similar injury issues all year, beat them by 21 on Christmas, and have a better record. So I ask, WHY? and HOW??? Can't just put the Bucks
#1
because you like Giannis and his stats. The Bucks are thin and Middleton has been bad, I don't get it.
Khris Middleton is averaging his
-lowest FGA since 16/17 (11.7)
-lowest FTA since 14/15 (2.3)
-lowest USG% since 16/17 (23.9)
-highest % of 2PFG Ast'd since 19/20 (.370)
-highest % of 3PFG Ast'd since 17/18 (.742)
-highest % of 3PA being corner 3s since 17/18 (.198)
BREAKING: The 76ers dismissed coach Doc Rivers on Tuesday, sources tell ESPN. Rivers led the Sixers to the Eastern Conference Semifinals in each of his three seasons on the job.
Assuming that The Suns and Ayton relationship was unrepairable, i dont hate their return for him.
Grayson Allen is a high level defender and 41% catch and shoot player
Nurkic hasnt been as good as pre-injury but hes one of the best in the league in closing defensive possessions
Bobby's statline was 20-7-2 on 9/15 shooting, 2/5 from 3 in 22 minutes and he was only +2...in a game we won by 24.
He legit has to be on fire offensively to have even the slightest positive impact on the court man. Just an awful basketball player.
Dame honestly been amazing man. Fuck the numbers, just watching his impact for everyone else is insane.
Basically the inly thing I wish he'd be better at is lobs. Everything else is perfect.
The Bucks were so disappointing that I never even acknowledged that Khris actually looked genuinely good offensively in that series. Not 2021 or before that level (don't think he ever gets back to that) but he legit handled Heat defenders better than anyone bar Brunson so far
Literally 7 minutes in and it's not hard to see why AG was Giannis' guy. Also not hard to see then why Giannis and Bud's relationship never really clicked.
Free agent F James Johnson is returning to the Indiana Pacers on a one-year deal, Mark Bartelstein of
@PrioritySports
tells ESPN. Johnson played for the Pacers last year. This will be his 15th NBA season.
What do these four have in common?
Nikola Jokic
Lauri Markkanen
Julius Randle
PJ Washington
They’re the only players to run over 100 pick-and-rolls as a ball handler and over 900 as a screener.
The Hornets should try to keep Washington but his versatility can help a
The issue is more Dame deferring to a certain someone when Giannis isn't on the court and feeding that jackass post-ups like he's fucking Hakeem. That's when Dame needs to be hunting his shot more than ever.
Most 40-Point Games on 70+ FG%:
20 — Giannis Antetokounmpo
20 — Adrian Dantley
19 — Shaquille O’Neal
16 — Wilt Chamberlain
14 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Giannis with 46/16/6 on 16/22 FG last night!
“He was trying to get me to go to Milwaukee, and I was trying to tell him, ‘No, you come to Portland.’”
@Dame_Lillard
sits down with
@Qrich
and
@21Blackking
to discuss his trade to the
@Bucks
, his first conversation with
@Giannis_An34
and more.
Tap in tomorrow!⌚️
The more I think about it, the more it seems like MarJon was never Bud's pick to begin with. Horst and the scouting department probably were really all in on him as their guy.
The funniest thing about that whole convo is go ask Dame whether he wants to play with a 2-time MVP, DPOY, FMVP, or Greek Jusuf Nurkic, and let's see what he says.
I am truly sorry if I have flooded your TLs with Bobby hate this morning, but I've seen Giannis, Dame, Khris, Brook all throw Bobby the ball in the post and clear out like he's fucking Jokic.
I am tweaking the fuck out at the idea of him being on this team past the deadline.
Is this a good enough reason to miss a post-game press conference or does he have to answer individual questions from every Suns fan that was bitching about this?
Good morning! Just wanted to give a quick hat tip to Bobby Portis. Guy puts on the hard hat every night and makes stuff happen.
Hasn't quite played up to last year's level, but still one of the most productive bench pieces in the league.
New ESPN story: Saturday night, Joel Embiid officially became ineligible to win a second straight MVP award — causing a complete re-shaping of the race in our second MVP Straw Poll of the season.
If the Rockets pry Brook Lopez away from Milwaukee, I wonder if the Bucks would explore a reunion with Christian Wood.
At age 27, the 6’10” big man is expected to leave Dallas after posting 16.6 PPG and shooting 37.6% from 3 last year. Wood is a well-regarded friend of Giannis.